Police are hunting brazen thieves who stole two lorry trailers packed with £13,000 worth of toilet roll from a depot during an early morning raid. The containers had been recently filled with 130,000 rolls to help restock supermarkets shelves during the coronavirus crisis.

Thousands of pounds of toilet paper was stolen: Police have nothing to go on (Image: Getty)

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But the pair of trailers were callously swiped from the MT Globex site in Pleck, Walsall, West Midlands, between 12.30am and 1.30am on March 20. The crooks also stole CCTV equipment to cover their tracks before escaping with the high-top articulated trailers which also contained pallets of other supermarket supplies. Operations manager Steve Tate is now offering a £500 reward for any information which leads to the apprehension of the suspects.